Date & Nut Bread
(Maggie Maude)

1 cup chopped dates
3/4 cup hot water 1/2 tsp. baking soda mix these together and let cool. Add 2/3 cups gran. sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1 egg well beaten. Sift 1 1/2 cups pastry flour with 1 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt. Add sifted ingredients to date mixture. Add 3/4 cups chopped walnuts. Turn into buttered 5X9 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.